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initiating

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civil

docket

sheet.DEFENDANTS

VIVENDISA,UNIVERSALMUSIC

GROUP,

INC.,UNIVERSALMUSIC

GROUP

INTERNATIONALLTD.,UNIVERSALMUSICLLC,UNIVERSAL

SIGMA

UAPANV

UNIVERSAL

MUSICPLC.RUSSIA

ATTORNEYS(FIRMNAME,ADDRESS,ANDTELEPHONENUMBERKellyD.Talcott,LawOfficesofKellyD.Talcott,POBox43,

Sea

Cliff,NY

11579,516.515.1545

ATTORNEYS(IFKNOWN)

CAUSE

OF

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OFBUSINESS

IN

THIS

STATE

FOREIGN

NATION

PLAINTIFF(S)

ADDRESS(ES)

AND

COUNTY(IES)

TufAmerica,

Inc.,

246

W.

38thSt.,

New

York,

NY

10018

(New

York

County)

16

DEFENDANT(S)

ADDRESS(ES)

AND

COUNTY(IES)

Vivendi,SA,

800

Third

Ave.,

NY,NY

10022

(NY);

Universal

Music

Group,

Inc.

2220ColoradoAvenue,

Santa

Monica,

CA

90404;

Universal

Music

Group

Int l

Ltd,

364-366

Kensington

High

St,

London,

W14

8NS,

UK;

Universal

Music

LLC

and

Universal

Sigma

(Japan),eachat

107-8583

Tokyo,Minato-ku,

Akasaka8-chome,

No.

5

No.

30,Japan;

Universal

Music

Pic,Russia,

Kutuzovskiy

prospect,36,

bid.

23,

office

418,

121170

Moscow,

Russia

DEFENDANT(S)

ADDRESS

UNKNOWN

REPRESENTATION

IS

HEREBY

MADETHAT,

AT

THIS

TIME,

I

HAVE

BEEN

UNABLE,WITH

REASONABLEDILIGENCE,

TO

ASCERTAINTHE

RESIDENCE

ADDRESSES

OFTHEFOLLOWINGDEFENDANTS:

Check

one:

THISACTION

SHOULD

BE

ASSIGNED

TO:

•

WHITEPLAINS

[X]

MANHATTAN

(DO

NOT

check

either

box

if

this

a

PRISONER

PETITION/PRISONER

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RIGHTSCOMPLAINT.)

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MagistrateJudgeistobedesignatedbytheClerkoftheCourt.

MagistrateJudge

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TO

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UNITED

STATES

DISTRICTCOURT(NEW

YORK

SOUTHERN)

 

UNITED

ST TES

DISTRICTCOURT

SOUTHERN

DISTRICT

OF

NEW

YORK

TUFAMERICA,

INC.,

Plaintiff,

 

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Indl

COMPL INT

VIVENDI

SA,

UNIVERSAL

MUSIC

GROUP,

INC.,

UNIVERSAL

MUSICLLC,

UNIVERSAL

MUSIC

GROUP

INTERNATIONALLIMITED,UNIVERSAL

MUSIC

JAPAN,

UNIVERSALSIGMA

 JAPAN ,UNIVERSAL

MUSIC

PLC,

RUSSIA

Defendants

.x

 

,

PlaintittTutAmerica,

Inc.

( TufAmerica ),byandthroughitsundersignedcounsel^

S-

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rocs

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allegesasfollows:

P RTIES

1PlaintiffTufAmerica,Inc.isaNewYorkcorporationwithaplaceofbusiness

at

10

West

371 1

Street,Suite

601,

NewYork,New

York.

2.

Upon

information

and

belief,

defendant

Vivendi

SA( Vivendi )isa

company

organizedunderthelaws

of

FrancewithaNewYorkofficeat800ThirdAvenue,New

York,

NY

10022.

3

Upon

information

and

belief,defendant

UniversalMusicGroup,

Inc.

( UMG )

isa

Delaware

corporationauthorized

to

do

business

in

New

York

and

having

a

business

address

at

2220

Colorado

Avenue,

SantaMonica,

CA

90404.

Upon

information

and

belief,

defendant

UniversalMusicGroup,

Inc.

is

owned

or

controlled

by

defendant

Vivendi

SA.

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